Workflow for creating Chamfers

[Geo]

@JoelV

Side note: I used to work in a sheet metal shop where the guy on the press brake who’s been doing it longer than I have been alive would point out if I was .015" off. Maybe I’m scarred from that.

@JoelV

Your belittling over units has been oh so helpful. Thanks a lot. I work/think in decimal… I’m not typing 5/16, I’m typing .3125.

Ignoring the sarcasm and mixed messages, here’s a way to model the off angles.

Perfect Miters.skp (38.5 KB)

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@JoelV

If I were to put decimal units on shop drawings to a cabinet making shop, I’d be crucified.

Not in the AWI Premium certified shop where I served many years.
Glenn Rieder, Inc.

For your interest.

Drawing accuracy

A bit OT, yet relevant to the topic of accuracy in woodworking. The Architectural Woodwork Institute publishes standards for the millwork industry. They inspect, test and certify millwork companies capable of meeting AWI Quality Standards. Quality oriented millwork companies typically hold AWI certification(s), under which they produce millwork meeting one of three AWI standards; Premium, Custom, Economy. Fractional dimensions do appear in the text of AWI Standards. But the actual tolerance…